"half-island" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: half-islands [plural]
Etymology: From half- + island. Compare German Halbinsel (“peninsula”, literally “half-island”), Latin paeninsula (“peninsula”, literally “almost-island”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|half|island}} half- + island, {{cog|de|Halbinsel||peninsula|lit=half-island}} German Halbinsel (“peninsula”, literally “half-island”), {{cog|la|paeninsula||peninsula|lit=almost-island}} Latin paeninsula (“peninsula”, literally “almost-island”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} half-island (plural half-islands)
  1. A piece of land which is "halfway" an island; a byland; peninsula. Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-half-island-en-noun-~hPOom72 Disambiguation of Landforms: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 56 44
  2. An area of land occupying part or half of an island. Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-half-island-en-noun-tgMcxR7- Disambiguation of Landforms: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with half- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with half-: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: half island

Inflected forms

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